So, if you want to know how to say dare in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb oser - French for dare

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of oser, which is French for dare.

I dare.

you dared.

he will dare.

we would dare.

they may dare.

The Tables of the Verb Conjugated below for oser, give you the ability to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically) which is 'I, you, he, she, we, they' etc, and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat this process several times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE oser

Simple Tenses oser

TENSE

je/j’

tu

il

nous

vous

ils

PresentPrésentdare

ose

oses

ose

osons

osez

osent

Past ImperfectImparfaitdared

osais

osais

osait

osions

osiez

osaient

Simple PastPassé Simpledared

osai

osas

osa

osâmes

osâtes

osèrent

FutureFuturwill dare

oserai

oseras

osera

oserons

oserez

oseront

ConditionalConditionnelwould dare

oserais

oserais

oserait

oserions

oseriez

oseraient

SubjunctiveSubjonctifmay dare

ose

oses

ose

osions

osiez

osent

Compound Tenses oser

Present PerfectPassé Composéhave dared

ai osé

as osé

a osé

avons osé

avez osé

ont osé

Past PerfectPlus-que-Parfaithad dared

avais osé

avais osé

avait osé

avions osé

aviez osé

avaient osé

Future PerfectFutur Antérieurwill have

aurai osé

auras osé

aura osé

aurons osé

aurez osé

auront osé

Conditional PerfectConditionnel Passéwould have dared

aurais osé

aurais osé

aurait osé

aurions osé

auriez osé

auraient osé

ImperativeImperatifdare!

ose

osons

osez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of oser the French for dareprésent de l’indicatif

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dareimparfait de l’indicatif

j’osais
- I dared
- I was daringtu osais
- you dared- (familiar or informal)
- you were daringil, elle, on osait
- he, she, it, one dared
- he, she, it, one was daringnous osions
- we dared
- we were daringvous osiez
- you dared- (formal or plural)
- you were daringils, elles osaient
- they dared
- they were daring

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of oser, the French for darepassé simple

j’osai
- I daredtu osas
- you dared- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on osa
- he, she, it, one darednous osâmes
- we daredvous osâtes
- you dared- (formal or plural)ils, elles osèrent
they dared
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of oser, the French for darefutur

j’oserai
- I will daretu oseras
- you will dare (familiar or informal)il, elle, on osera
- he, she, it, one will dare nous oserons
- we will darevous oserez
- you will dare (formal or plural)ils, elles oseront
- they will dare

Conditional Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dareconditionnel

j’oserais
- I would daretu oserais
- you would dare (familiar or informal)il, elle, on oserait
- he, she, it, one would darenous oserions
- we would darevous oseriez
- you would dare (formal or plural)ils, elles oseraient
- they would dare

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dareprésent de subjonctif

que j’ose
- that I may dareque tu oses
- that you may dare(familiar or informal)qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on ose
- that he, she, it, one may dareque nous osions
- that we may dareque vous osiez
- that you may dare(formal or plural)qu’ils, qu’elles osent
- that they may dare

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb oser - the verb ‘to dare’ in French

Past Participle of oser is: osé -dared.

The significance of the past participle is clear when one sees how it is used with the various tenses of the verb avoir (to have), to make up the four commonly used compound tenses. Once you know avoir and its tenses, you will have taken the first main step to unlocking the secret to the French compound verbs.

Here’s the French for dare conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.j’ai osé
- I have dared or I did dare or
- I daredtu as osé
- you have dared or you did dare - (familiar or informal) or
- you daredil, elle, on a osé
- he, she, it, one has dare or did dare
- he, she, it darednous avons osé
- we have dared or we did dare
- we daredvous avez osé
- you have dared or you did dare (formal or plural) or
- or we daredils, elles ont osé
- they have dared or they did dare
- they dared

Here’s the French for -dare conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.j’avais osé
- I had daredtu avais osé
- you had dared- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on avait osé
- he, she, it, one had dared nous avions osé
- we had daredvous aviez osé
- you had dared (formal or plural)ils, elles avaient osé
- they had dared

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of oser, the French for darefutur antérieur

j’aurai osé
- I will have tu auras osé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aura osé
- he, she, it, one will have nous aurons osé
- we will have vous aurez osé
- you will have - (formal or plural)ils, elles auront osé
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of oser, the French for dareconditionnel passé

j’aurais osé
- I would have daredtu aurais osé
- you would have dared- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aurait osé
- he, she, it, one would have darednous aurions osé
- we would have daredvous auriez osé
- you would have dared- (formal or plural)ils, elles auraient osé
- they would have dared

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